Casting with Ceri Jones

This week Ceri chats with Sue Shaw. She has represented her country at International level many times, gaining 14 England Ladies Fly fishing caps. As well as being captain she has also been International President on two occations. She also talked about her part in 'Casting for Recovery' a fly fishing charity which helped ladies recover from breast cancer. A real joy chatting with some hillarious stories, sure to put a smile on your face.

This week Ceri chats with Cumbria Flyfisher, Paul Procter. Paul has a passion for wild brown trout which has taken him around the world in search of his quarry. In this episode he talks of his regular trips to New Zealand and Iceland, which includes some funny stories. . As well as being an angling journalist for over 20 years and a professional guide he is also vice president of the Wild Trout Trust and Salmon & Trout Conservation.

This week Ceri chats with Mark Roberts. He talks of the entomology and insects which the trout feed on in rivers. He runs through the categories, life cycles, which months hatches occur, identifly rise forms as well as how to catch with immitative patterns. Knowledge and experiences over the years from fishing his local River Usk.

This week’s bonus episode Ceri gives advice, hints and tips on early season bank tactics. How to tackle large reservoirs and methods he will be fishing to catch overwintered rainbows and browns as well as fresh fish. He also talks of the different stages and ways of catching buzzer feeding fish as the weeks get warmer.

This week Ceri chats with past Welsh International, Cliff Harvey. He has a passion for Loughstyle traditional wet fly fishing and for the wild brownies of Elan Valley and Claerwen. He has retired from his Tackle Shop Business and is now nearing his 80th birthday. He tells us stories of when he started to fish around his home in the South Wales Valleys. Today he is now President of the Welsh Salmon & Trout Association.

This week Ceri chats with Professional Fly Tyer, Jimmy Tyrrell. He talks about his passion for fly tying and how it all started and became his full time profession for over 30 years. He also talks about his love for the rivers around his home in County Laois, Ireland. He is a guide and angling writer and gives instruction on flyfishing as well as running tying classes.

This week Ceri’s chats with Alan Parfitt. He talks about his passion for wild trout in the remote wild mountain lakes of Wales. He often walks for hours to get to his locations and has caught in over 50 waters hidden up in the hills from the South Wales valleys to the dramatic mountain ranges of Snowdonia. He also talks about his love of flyfishing for seatrout on the beaches of Hoy at Orkney, Scotland.

This week Ceri chats with John Buckley, from Killarney, Ireland. John has fished the lakes and rivers around his home since a small boy. He talks of Lough Leane and Upper Lake while fishing for trout and salmon, plus the sea trout of Lough Currane. He has fly-fished competitively all over the world but he tells of his love and passion of fishing in County Kerry.

This week Ceri chats with John Horsey. John is the highest English International fly-fishing capped angler in both Rivers and Loughstyle. He is a full time guide and instructor at Chew Valley Lake for both Trout and Pike. He talks about his competition successes and passion for big pike and also his fears and uncertain future of Bristol Reservoirs.

This week Ceri chats with Galway angler Mark Regan. He has fished the Corrib since a small boy, and has a wealth of knowledge and experiece, which he shares. He talks of his passion for Lough Corrib, early season fishing and duckfly holes as well as summer caenis. A great listen to wet your appetite for the coming season.